(Deming) – Here’s the area crime report: Michael Perez, age 33, was arrested on two counts of fraud, two counts of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and two counts of transferring or receiving a stolen motor vehicle… Jonathan Gonzales, age 19, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines… Teodoro Meza, age 26, was arrested on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to pay fines… John Morales, age 37, was arrested on a Municipal warrant for failure to pay fines… and the District Attorney’s office filed a petition on a 17-year-old girl for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Also… police are investigating a possible embezzlement involving a 79-year-old Deming woman who gave a handyman over 38-hundred dollars for home repairs that were never made… cash, a motorized mini bike with side car and two laptop computers with a combined value of over a thousand dollars were taken from a business off North Gold… and two windows were broken on a residence off West Third.

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